Eat to Beat Disease

The New Science of How the Body Can Heal Itself

Is Your Diet Feeding or Defeating Disease?

EAT TO BEAT DISEASE The New Science of How the Body Can Heal Itself empowers readers by showing them the evidence behind over two hundred health-boosting foods that can stave off cancer, reduce your risk of dementia, and beat dozens of avoidable diseases. EAT TO BEAT isn’t a book about what foods to avoid, but rather a life-changing guide to the hundreds of healing foods to add to your meals that support the body’s defense systems, including: Red Delicious apples, plums, cinnamon, jasmine tea, black beans, olive oil, red wine and beer, Pacific oysters, sourdough bread, and hard cheeses like Jarlsberg and cheddar.

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Your Body is Hardwired for Health

Pioneering physician-scientist Dr. William Li believes your body is hardwired to fight disease, and we can amplify this hidden power using food.

Dr. Li explains the science of healing and prevention, unpacks strategies for using food to actively transform health, and points the science of wellbeing and disease prevention in an exhilarating new direction.

Dr. Li’s groundbreaking work has impacted more than 70 diseases including cancer, diabetes, blindness, heart disease, and obesity. His TED Talk, “Can We Eat to Starve Cancer?” has garnered more than 11 million views, and he has appeared on The Doctor Oz Show, Martha Stewart Live, CNN, MSNBC, NPR, Voice of America, and has presented at the Vatican’s Unite to Cure.

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Unlike so many books that turn people away from the foods they enjoy, EAT TO BEAT DISEASE shows us how the foods we love actually support our wellbeing and vitality. I recommend that every health seeker should read this new classic, and tell their friends and family all about it.

Mark Hyman, M.D.

Director, Cleveland Clinic Center for Functional Medicine, #1 New York Times bestselling author, Food: What the Heck Should I Eat?